Film

Venus Beauty Institute

1999 · 1h 45m · Comedy · Drama · Romance

Welcome to the Venus Beauty Institute where love, innocence and sex are a sight to behold

IMDb

6.3

Rotten Tomatoes

59%

Metacritic

64

Aging beautician Angèle, already wounded by a long-ago romance, gets awkwardly dumped at a train station. Witnessing how she turns around a humiliating situation, younger sculptor Antoine becomes so smitten that he breaks up with his fiancée and sets out to win Angèle's heart. Meanwhile, Angèle attempts to quash the budding romance of her young co-worker, Marie, and a much older widowed client, despite their obvious rapport.

Nathalie Baye

Angèle Piana

Bulle Ogier

Madame Nadine, la patronne

Audrey Tautou

Marie

Mathilde Seigner

Samantha

Samuel Le Bihan

Antoine DuMont

Jacques Bonnaffé

Jacques

Robert Hossein

L'aviateur

Claire Nebout

Mme Bouisse

Micheline Presle

Tante Maryse

Elli Medeiros

Mme Evelyne

Emmanuelle Riva

Tante Lyda

Hélène Fillières

La fiancée d'Antoine

Gilbert Melki

L'amant de la gare

Romain Goupil

Le médecin

Brigitte Roüan

Madame Marianne

Marie Rivière

La cliente aux bottines fourées

• Tonie MarshallDirector
• Jacques AudiardWriter
• Gilles SandozProducer
• Gérard de BattistaDirector of Photography
• Khalil ChahineOriginal Music Composer
• Jacques CometsEditor
• Bruno LevyCasting

Release date

February 3, 1999

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

12

Revenue

$465,080

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Romance

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